Watermelon Tomato Gazpacho With A Cool Cucumber Swirl Recipes

TOMATO AND WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Place the tomatoes, watermelon, cucumber, bell pepper, shallot, basil and mint in a large bowl. Season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and pepper to taste. Stir in the olive oil and vinegar.
• Puree the tomato mixture in a blender, in batches if necessary. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing to extract any liquid; discard the solids and season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
• To serve, top the soup with the small herb leaves and a drizzle of olive oil.

SUMMER WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Combine watermelon, tomatoes, red pepper, cucumber, shallot, lime juice, vinegar, salt, and pepper in a high-powered blender. Blend until smooth, 20 to 30 seconds. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow flavors to meld and soup to chill.
• Stir gazpacho before serving, as it has a tendency to separate, and divide between 4 bowls. Top with feta cheese and cilantro.

WATERMELON TOMATO GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Seed and puree the watermelon.
• Then combine the watermelon puree with the diced watermelon, tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, lime juice, parsley, ginger, jalapeno, green onion, bitters and salt. Note the authors recommend you use a large bowl but you see that empty watermelon shell over there? Hey it makes a great serving container and you don't have to wash it.
• Stir to combine.
• Season with pepper and salt to taste. Use any other desired seasonings to taste.
• Serve with chilled serving bowls or chill for approx four hours then serve or using a large bowl, place in chilled serving bowls and serve immediately.
• Note: Parsley leaves should be one small handful. the bitters are NOT optional.
• Original was from the Philadelphia Inq. 7/13/05.